Network system for profiling and actively facilitating user activities

A method for facilitating communication between a user and a network of information resources at respective remote network nodes, the user having:

• a local node having a user interface program thereon, for allowing a user to interface with the network and request a download of information items from the information resources,
• a network interface coupled between the local node and the network,
• a user interface including (i) means for receiving user commends representative of user actions and (ii) means for displaying received network responses of network information for viewing by a user, the method comprising the steps of:
• recording a sequence of successive user actions and network responses;
• developing a profile of user activities based on the user actions and network responses monitored in the step of monitoring;
• and
• actively facilitating user activities based on the developed profile.

A computer program product, for facilitating communication between a user and a network of information resources at respective remote network nodes, for use with a user communication system including:

• a local node having a user interface program thereon, for allowing a user to interface with the network and request a download of information items from the information resources,
• a network interface coupled between the local node and the network, and
• a user interface including (i) means for receiving user commends representative of user actions and (ii) means for displaying received network responses of network information for viewing by a user, the computer program product comprising:
• a computer-usable medium;
• means, recorded on the medium, for directing the user communication system to record a sequence of successive user actions and network responses;
• means, recorded on the medium, for directing the user communication system to develop a profile of user activities based on the user actions and network responses monitored in the step of monitoring;
• and
• means, recorded on the medium, for directing the user communication system to actively facilitate user activities based on the developed profile.